Small Skipper Butterfly
Taken at Windemere on 16th July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
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Taken at Gullane on 8th July 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Aberlady on 24th July 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Small Skipper Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Hymelicus sylvestris.
Lepidoptera.
Hesperiidae.
Laval Food:
Adult Food:
Description:



Wingspan:

Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Grasses including Yorkshire Fog, False Brome, Cock's Foot.
Thistles and Knapweeds
It has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below. The undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange. The male has a distinctive black stripe made up of scent scales.
25 - 30 mm
Tall grasses.
End of June.